Since October, many citizens in Shenzhen have reported that from the second half of 2023, a large number of taxis queue up at Yulong Road to Shenzhen North Station every day, especially during rush hours and from 10 pm to midnight. "Because the motorcade circles around Yulong Road every day, it blocks Minfeng Road, and Minfeng Road turns to Yulong Road with only one right-turn lane. The taxi queue that is hundreds of meters long takes up all the lane positions, and the private car can’t turn right completely. Then the taxi and the private car don’t give way to each other. Everyone desperately honks the horn, making the residents in Longyueju area sleepless at midnight!"
The phenomenon of queue congestion and random honking of vehicles waiting for passengers at Yulong Road parking lot.
On November 26 and 27, the reporter visited the relevant sections of the citizens’ complaints twice. At 10 o’clock in the evening on the 26th, outside the West Square of Shenzhen North Railway Station, the reporter saw a constant stream of social vehicles turning right on Yulong Road West to Zhiyuan Middle Road, with long queues and cars honking from time to time. Yulong Road east yearns for the direction of the railway bridge, and there are long queues of waiting taxis.
The red line is marked as the place where Yulong Road is seriously congested and honking is serious, and the yellow line is marked as the taxi queuing area.
At 4: 30 pm on the 27th, the reporter visited the intersection of Minfeng Road and Yulong Road next to the second phase of Longyueju, and saw that the right turn lane from Minfeng Road footbridge to Yulong Road intersection lined up with queues, and most of them were taxis. The reporter observed along the way from this intersection to the North Station. The taxi line has been lined up on the Yulong Road Railway Bridge, and the car line occupies a lane, about 2 kilometers long.
At 10 o’clock on the evening of November 26, Yulong Road of Shenzhen North Railway Station turned right to the congestion of Zhiyuan Middle Road.
On the roadside of the railway bridge, the reporter saw a traffic police on duty, so he consulted the public about the situation. The traffic police on duty said that the long queue of taxis has caused road congestion in the past two months. "It often goes all the way to St. Maurice (the community across the street from Longyueju Phase II), and sometimes it goes further to Nanping Expressway." The traffic police can only promptly divert when there is a congestion or scratch accident, and try to reduce congestion as much as possible. The traffic police also knew that the right turn lane at the intersection of Minfeng Road and Yulong Road was congested and some drivers didn’t obey the traffic regulations and honked their horns. "I have received several complaints from residents of St. Morris Community. I controlled the lights at the intersection last night. It will be blocked from time to time from 7: 00 pm to 12: 00 midnight, but it can only be diverted. It is also difficult to supervise the whistle. Only one persuasion can be found, and there are always drivers who don’t listen. "
Yulong Road (next to the second phase of Longyueju) line up for taxis in the direction of Shenzhen North Station.
During the visit, the reporter noticed that there was a sign on the right turn of Minfeng Road to Yulong Road prohibiting honking, but some drivers still honked their horns from time to time. "Some drivers are particularly embarrassed. For example, a taxi I met was walking normally in the middle lane. Two taxis always wanted to squeeze in the queue on the left and right sides, and they didn’t give in to each other by honking their horns, which caused congestion even more. I could only persuade them to give way." The traffic police on duty said.
Taxis waiting in line at Yulong Road Railway Bridge.
The public called on the transportation department to optimize measures to alleviate congestion and rectify the whistling and disturbing people.
Why did the number of taxis waiting in line at North Station suddenly increase recently? On the 28th, the reporter asked several taxi drivers about this. According to their feedback, the main reason is that the low-price competition of online car is too fierce, and the number of taxi customers is seriously lost. Recently, it is particularly obvious that people have to queue up at stations with customers. A brother said that the income has shrunk a lot compared with before, and it is becoming more and more difficult to make money. "Not only the airport and the North Station, but also many supermarkets and hospitals have long queues at the entrances and exits, and taxis are waiting in line where there are passengers."
With the increasing number of taxis lined up on Yulong Road, the congestion and whistling at night on this road during rush hours have also attracted complaints from surrounding residents. It is understood that after receiving relevant complaints, Longhua Brigade of Shenzhen Traffic Police Bureau responded on November 16: The police force has been arranged to go to the scene to check and conduct traffic diversion, and the next step will continue to increase the patrol and video surveillance of this section, aiming at congestion. Early detection and early diversion.
"We have been patrolling and on duty on Yulong Road, but there are too many vehicles waiting in line, which is very difficult to divert, and it is also difficult to supervise the whistle." The traffic police on duty called on drivers to consciously abide by traffic regulations and civilized manners. Residents nearby also suggested that the transportation department can take effective measures to alleviate the current situation of congestion and random horn honking. "Can sonar monitoring equipment be installed at intersections near residential areas to punish the behavior of random horn honking?"
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